Pollinators of the sea: A discovery of animal-mediated fertilization in seaweed

Authors: E. Lavaut, M.-L. Guillemin, S. Colin, A. Faure, J. Coudret, C. Destombe, M. Valero

Published: 2022-07-28

DOI: 10.1126/science.abo6661

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Abstract

The long-held belief that animal-mediated pollination is absent in the sea has recently been contradicted in seagrasses, motivating investigations of other marine phyla. This is particularly relevant in red algae, in which female gametes are not liberated and male gametes are not flagellated. Using experiments with the isopod